Summer Camp......

Yinzers,
So we decided to show you where we got summer jobs! Enjoy the anthem!

I'm Rich Bitch!

Yinzers,
The Pittsburgh Steelers with their 31st pick in the Draft, the Pittsburgh Steelers select son of former Atlanta Falcon Iron Head Heyward! DE Cameron Heyward.

http://youtu.be/J7qF6ioDj8U...... check it out here.

Things just got Nastier, " We attack the pack......big nasty D"

Here we go!

Football season is under way!

wade

Take him behind the barn

End of a very difficult Pens season. -Pah do we really have to end the season?
( gun goes off)

Wade

Game 7 and the Kovi Code...

Yinzers,

Who should sit and who should play is the big talk since yesterday afternoon. The answer is whomever.The hard facts of the matter is that we do not have the #1 ( Sid the Kid) and #2 (Geno Geno that is my name) players available in the Leauge, face it they are not coming back.

The Grind it out mentality of this squad has been very Pittsburgh Esq. They played the first 4 games like no other team I have seen . They were getting dirty goals and pucks were bouncing our way. Not so for the past two contests The pens were blown out as of 2pm on Saturday afternoon and the last game was desperation for the Bolts. So where does that leave us.......

The Alex Kovalev Factor. Kovi was with the Penguins on his forst go around the NHL 12 years ago when Mario and the Boys were doing playoff games regularly. Now an aged Kovi has slowed his game down and started to do the smart things like make the most out of his shifts. He is a smarter and more relaxed player, unlike the days when he would muscle a 2 on 1 in a heart beat. Kovi also has played in 6 game 7's. He is currently 6-0 with a point in all of them. That is quite significant. Kovi should not be sat for tonights game, I personally believe in second chances-except in this situation for Chris Conner. Conner has not done anything wrong but as the numbers tell us the Penguins are 1-30 on the power play this series. ( 3.3%)Worst in the Playoffs.We need the big body of Eric Tangradi to get the go for tonight and put the shadow on the Lightnings relic of a goaltender.
So this is it. It's a sexy as it's going to get. For all the First round Marbles.

Lets. GO. Pens.

Wade

PS: this is how we will get ready at the IGLOO CLUB 222 tonight:

2pm Vinnie and Cook show( sports Talk pittsburgh)

3pm to 6pm Mark Madden show(105.9 x pittsburgh)

7pm to 7:30 open bar and Muzack(igloo club 222 Columbia south carolina)

8pm destiny writes a new chapter at CEC(Pittsburgh Pa)

And so it begins......

Yinzers,

So begins the 37 hour count down to the first game 7 at the Consol Energy Center. The Penguins have let a two game hold slip away and now have to deal with a very motivated lightning squad.

Is this when it starts to sink in about how we are really missing Crosby and Malkin .Is this when we realize that we don't have a definitive leader. Is this when we realize that there is no coming back.....hell no.

You know I have come to realize that listening to Pittsburgh Sports radio every day at lunch , and Every day at lunch Yinzers call in and bitch about how the defense is letting us down and how Jordan Stall is not scoring( he did last night) yeta. yeta. yeta. Here is the story the real story from my perspective- our Power play sucks. Our mid level guys are not performing at a mid level - level. James Neal and Kovi are not scoring...Ok the Pens are above average but that's it.

Fans quit ending the season when it's not done yet. If you show up on Wed do not boo the Penguins. I believe we are going to see a great win by the Penguins whom have been nonexistent for the past two games- I think that it will be close ( just like the series) But the pens will move on in the new barn.

Two game sevens on the table tonight , Flyers and Sabres and Chicago and Vancouver. Should be interesting.

Hope everyone has a good Tuesday!

Hold you head up Pens fans- it's not over till Elvis leaves the building.

Wade

A Case of 6's and 7's

Yinzers,

In all my adult years I can never remember a time when I really payed attention to all the playoff Series for the NHL. This year I have been locked into most series. For the first time in a long time I have never seen most series go 6 or 7 games. The level of play in these playoffs is really something else. If you have not been watching you should probably start tonight when the pens take the ice against the Lightning.

Pens are coming off their worst loss in Playoff history to date. There may have been one worse game like a8-1 loss in the late 90's to the islanders, but in all honesty - what the hell?It's OK lots of positive numbers, I am not going to quote to the T, because that usually gets you into trouble.

Penguins History when Getting Blown out:( The Following game)

• Flower has never dropped 3 games in a series to date.( in a row)



• He rarely never drops two in a row(once)



• The Pens are road warriors, nough said( most points on the road since 93)



• Dan Bylsma is a sob when it comes to playoff games. ( most wins in pens history)


• Lightning never strikes twice scientifically
  

Casket Match .....DO it( pens blog thanks)!!!!

Last but not least you have to remember that the penguins should not even be here to this level , let alone going to win the first round of the eastern conference playoffs. OK so now the fans are all up on Jordan Stall for not carrying the load. Um, excuse me he is not supposed to- he was brought in as a 3rd center for the third line whom matches up against the Number 1 and2 lines of the opposing team . He does that and continues to do that on a nightly basis.

I have one word for you, Flower. Marc Andre' chance of Flurries is going to brick wall the Lightning tonight. Face it they do not have the talent to get to the Pens. Just remember you still have a bunch of talent on this team from the cup in 2009. For all the Fans that booed the other night, get a grip. To all the Pens fan base that is legit through thick and thin.......Lets do it.

On a personal note the IGLOO club 222 should be filled tonight. Ready to light the New goal horn/light one more time tonight!(2-0 goal light, 11/12-0 Norris streak)
Join the Igloo Club 222 on Facebook

Tampa Bay is about to get Hoovered!

Lets go Pens.

Wade

A time of reflection....

Yinzers,

Growing up in the Pittsburgh area the Easter Weekend was always big. From the Easter Dinner to Easter Baskets we always had a great Easter.Most importantly We always went to church like all weekend. Friday night we had Stations of the Cross then a huge Fish fry.

The Fish Fry was always jackpot. Haluski, Pirogi and Fish. Never mind the Fish two of my all time food staples especially during Football season. I always try to look back and think of when I really started liking something to the point of trying to recreate it. Through our local Pittsburgh Group we really do a great job of this when we get together.

Easter is a time for starting over and thinking about Why God's only son gave up everything for us. Be appreciative of what you have this holiday weekend. Yeah it may not be allot , or what you want right now but realize you have something.

Once again I am very thankful for our 7 readers and New Facebook following.

Happy Easter to you and your family I wish everyone safe travels.

Lets go Pens, wrap up the series tomorrow!

Wade